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Document Reference	Pl C 27/40
Title	Letter from William Speechly, Welbeck, Nottinghamshire to [W.H.C. Bentinck] 3rd Duke of Portland; 29 Apr. 1779
Date	29 April 1779
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Thanks the duke for his letter and is sorry that the grapes he sent were so inferior; is glad that the duke informed him that they smelt of smoke, as he had recently fumigated the hot house, but will now stop doing so in order to protect the remaining grapes; mentions the cherries that the duke was sent; discusses the fate of the 'Little Park' which was depended on for hay and defends his controversial decision over it; reports that they have lately had heavy storms and sleet and mentions the need for a 'thorough ground steeping'.
Term	horticulture, fruit growing
	domestic affairs, provisions
	estate business, Nottinghamshire
Condition	Fragile

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA40383	Speechly; William (1733-1819); Mr; gardener to the 3rd Duke of Portland; author of several works on horticulture	1733-1819
NA905	Bentinck; William H.C. Cavendish- (1738-1809); 3rd Duke of Portland; succ. 1762	1738-1809

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